Miss Cellaneous

Thanks, y'all, for the snowflake cookies and, aw, the polar bear! I came home to this gallery of cheery images - especially today, 'twas much appreciated.

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Since I like to give back to fandom, or at least the ones who can still remember:

How about a few Stargate Atlantis icons off my self-made DVD screencaps?

No worries, the caps were self-made, not the DVD. ;)

Samples:

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21 SGA Icons: ( John and Teyla and Rodney and Elizabeth and Ford! )

( Some thoughts on SGA 1x01-1x03 )

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Fifth day of posting images of some sort, I know.

Real life: London & Oxford, not cut because it's only a set of eight icons. Tell me if it bothers you/breaks your page.

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Fandom: Atlantis, I miss thee.

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( 12 Icons of John, Rodney, McShep :), Teyla, Sam, Ronon, and Jennifer )

Add-on for this batch:

Girlyman - Angel

Poll #1479542
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 5

So?

I do love soapboxes. But I love John Sheppard, too. Have three 5x19 Vegas icons:

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— Resources/Credit. I still adore m'self some comment & credit.

Only these three; I felt inspired.

JohnRodney #1

JohnRodney #2

JohnRodney #3

— Resources/Credit.
— Captions not mine but lyrics.
— Comments'n credit are love/d.

When I got to Los Angeles, turned out that Jen's roommate C had just ordered Season Five of SGA on Netflix. Does this re-define serendipity, or what? Even before, Sleipnir's computer had the. Biggest. Screen. Ever.

Now, mind that for most of these, I didn't have PhotoShop, okay? Those are from a hi-res post, though. Who of my awesome flist made that one, again? Um.

( Ten captionless SGA Icons featuring The Team )

(re: S5 - God, I'd forgotten how awesome Sam was. ♥)

Second date with Butler!Boy went well: I wore a cute grey dress, he was a good guy and lifted my bike into the streetcar, and we ate our way up & down the sushi menu at the Japanese restaurant of our second third choice, which means ( foodie talk! )

Also, have some icons. I separate for fandoms because I care:

Stargate Atlantis: ( Rodney McKay, and also my John/Rodney OTP )

Star Trek XI: All of the main cast, almost? ( Kirk, Bones, Kirk/Bones, baby!Spock, Sulu (lots of him), Chekov, Uhura! )

True Blood: ( 3 Lafayette icons. I apologise for the gratuitous nudity; these seem to be the only ones of Lafayette online in high-ish quality. I wonder why... )

By the way, did you see my new blog design? I like it. It's simple. LIKE ME.

I'd love to participate in the McShep Match 2009 - War & Peace - see the invitation & outline post.

As I'll be gone for a work seminar in Frankfurt this weekend, however, starting tomorrow, I won't be able to sign up on the one day when this is possible: Friday June 12th, from 10pm GMT. (When is that?) Would anyone of you be willing to do it for me? ETA: Cheers, rheanna!


My team choice was very simple, not to mention visible in the fanart I made:



( 1 McShep Match - Team Peace - banner: full size )

( 3 icons off that banner. )

( 5 more icons, independent ones. )

Okay, John Sheppard fans, or John Sheppard Hair fans, or possibly (quite possibly) Hair fans per se - check out crysothemis's awesome .gif here.

While we're at it?

( 6 icons of our favourite flyboy )

Not a fake-pology but a real one from John Scalzi? I'm impressed...if not as impressed as I am with the guest blogger he invited to speak:

Mary-Ann Mohanraj Gets You Up to Speed (Part I).

Part I: For Everyone
1. We’re all racist.
2. If you’re white, you have white privilege.
3. Your other oppressions don’t erase your white privilege.
4. Racism does damage to the genre.

Part II: For Writers
1. You get to write whatever you want, including CoC (characters of color).
2. If published, you may then be criticized for your handling of race.
3. PoC don’t have an obligation to teach you how to write CoC well and avoid criticism.
4. Nonetheless, here are some suggestions on how to write CoC well.
5. You will get it wrong. This is what you should do.

And here's the link to Part II.

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In fannish news, st_salieri on her BtVS Re-watch Mission continues to cheer me up tremendously, this time around with The Diary of Angelus The Great.

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SGA-wise, I was blown away by isagel's post-Vegas story, gritty and layered and going beyond what we've seen, straight to the heart of these characters:

Until Love Can Find Me. John/Rodney. NC-17. 10k words. Spoilers for 5x19.

( Spoiler quotation )

Oh, and, incidentally, John is kind of a hero.

He nearly tears his stitches laughing.

While we're at it, it being this inspiring episode?

I did make ( a few 5x19 'Vegas' Icons )

3 John/Rodney icons.

Preview?



( Now, here they are. )

Distraction.

Which means SGA icons this time.

( 3 x McShep )

( 11 x John, Teyla, Ronon, and the Team )

Most of work today was spent eating and reading the newspaper.

( Why this actually does NOT mean I have the best paying job ever. )

Returning to the fannish matters y'all actually care about now:

I gleefully noticed runpunkrun has made a Stargate Atlantis mini mix called, 'Blowjob Queen.' Of course, it's a John Sheppard soundtrack composed entirely of Liz Phair songs - inspired by those Trio shots. Yes, those shots. Of course.

But. That's still not quite what I wanted to post about. (Jesus, is it 11:08pm again? Don't answer that.) What I really wanted to do from the beginning was to post these

( 3 'John Sheppard Sucks On A Lollipop' Icons )

Mühsam nährt sich das Eichhörnchen....

Have some icons?

( 3 McShep Icons )

( 10 Gen SGA Icons )

From one thread in the shame glory that is this post over at face_of_joe (aka best community ever), I give you an icon.


( John Sheppard. With eyeliner. And lipgloss. )

As for the actual topic of the community post, John Sheppard's uh, physique, there may also be relevant galleries created by fellow fannish...enthusiasts here & here. I'm just sayin'.

While I've caught my parents' flu-ish bug, my dear Busaikko has written a most curative story for me.

Frequently Wrong but Never in Doubt by busaikko

Sheppard went, sat, and looked politely away as Rodney pulled on his discarded boxers. "I talked to Jeannie. My plane was delayed; she said to just come here." Sheppard made another awkward noise. "She said you said we could share the room, and. Um."

It's just what I was currently looking for in a story or a good cup of tea: hot and sweet, with that little extra dash of milkje ne sais quoi. Visits to Earth are a favourite of mine, and it's no secret that busaikko's writing gets me where I live, evocative and visceral, with a John that makes my heart ache so pleasantly and a Rodney who's true to the show yet makes me smile a lot more often.

Also sharing 6 SGA icons made over time. That's something I have now, eh? & :-/

( Teyla, Ronon, Rodney, John, John/Rodney, John )

Off to Work; I'll just point the SGA fans towards my icons posted yesterday.

( Thanks, OK Cupid, for telling me where I stand politically. )

Speaking of, kinda, for y'all my friends under them those rocks:

>>GET ANGRIER! Call them liars, because that’s what they are. Sarah Palin didn’t say “thanks but no thanks” to the Bridge to Nowhere. She just said “Thanks.” You were raised by a single mother on food stamps — where does a guy with eight houses who was legacied into Annapolis get off calling you an elitist?<<

Also, to spite the fact I have no time no more, I did make a few icons here & there. Mostly there.

Icons featuring ( John Sheppard, Joe Flanigan, and throw in one Rodney McKay )

La-dee-da; the young lady is making me wait.

Have a few ( SGA 5x06 'The Shrine' icons )

Not fannish: Wasabi-covered peas count as vegetable, yes?

Okay, fine: no. And that's okay. *crunch*

Fannish: I re-arranged the SGA icons I posted
yesterday in clean, neat tables...and to sweeten the click, I added a new icon to each category. 0 :-)

(And why, yes, there's a new icon-table-maker in town!)

And now, after a looong day, time to watch Burn Notice. (Also got the Spooks/MI-5 spin-off. ::is wary::)

See icon. I should clean the apartment, but. Well. To my defence, my knee makes such manoeuvres painful. & :-/

Shippy SGA Icons( - John/Rodney )

General SGA Icons( - John, Rodney, Ronon, Teyla, Jennifer, Sam, Teal'c, Katie Brown )

P.S.: No, I still haven't read a single SGA Big Bang story. Real life is singing Ch-ch-changes right now, people.

P.P.S.: I have, however, watched Ghost in the Machine. It's not that I disliked all of it; it's just ( a spoiler! )